by smw | Jan 27, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) threatened once again this week to bring the Senate to a grinding halt if Democrats fails to produce a budget that can clear the upper chamber by April 15.”If we haven’t passed a budget by April 15th this year, you can...
by smw | Jan 26, 2012 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Jobs and the Economy, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) delivered the following remarks in response to the President’s State of the Union address:”On September 30, 1987, our total federal debt was $2.3 trillion. It took our ancestors over 200 years to...
by smw | Jan 25, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
“The state of our union is getting stronger,” President Barack Obama said. “We’ve come back too far to turn back now.”Less than nine months and two weeks to the presidential election, President Obama delivered the State of the Union...
by smw | Jan 25, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
NBC analysts call President Obama’s State of the Union address an optimistic take on the year ahead and say the president also used it as an opportunity to respond to Republican attacks.The speech centered around the idea that post-Iraq War America can mirror...
by smw | Jan 25, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Originally printed in the Chippewa Herald, January 25th, 2012.If you pay attention to the news from Washington, D.C., you might believe that Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything. But I went to Washington willing to work with anyone who will...
